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pick up, restrain, seize; also bag, capture, catch, collar, get, grab, grapple, hook, land, nail, snare, snatch, trap

Antonyms

discharge

[3] enchant, enthrall, fascinate, grip, hypnotize, mesmerize—more at ENTHRALL

2arrest noun 1 : the act of stopping; also : the state of being stopped

2 : the taking into custody by legal authority

ar·riv·al noun 1 : the act of arriving

2 : one that arrives

ar·rive verb ar·rived; ar·riv·ing 1 : to reach a destination

2 : to make an appearance

3 : to attain success

— arrive at

: to reach by effort or thought

Synonyms

come, land, show up, turn up—more at COME

ar·ro·gance noun : an attitude of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions

Synonyms

haughtiness, loftiness, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, self-importance, superiority; also authoritativeness, dominance, high-handedness

Antonyms

humility, modesty

ar·ro·gant adjective : offensively exaggerating one's own importance

— ar·ro·gant·ly adverb

Synonyms

cavalier, haughty, high-handed, high-hat, highfalutin, imperious, important, lofty, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, supercilious; also authoritarian, bossy, dominant, dominating, domineering, magisterial, pontificating

Antonyms

humble, modest

ar·ro·gate verb -gat·ed; -gat·ing : to claim or seize without justification as one's right

— ar·ro·ga·tion noun

Synonyms

appropriate, commandeer, preempt, usurp—more at APPROPRIATE

ar·row noun 1 : a missile shot from a bow and usu. having a slender shaft, a pointed head, and feathers at the butt

2 : a pointed mark used to indicate direction

ar·row·head noun : the pointed end of an arrow

ar·row·root noun : an edible starch from the roots of any of several tropical American plants; also : a plant yielding arrowroot

ar·royo noun, plural -royos [ORIGIN: Sp]

1 : a watercourse in a dry region

2 : a water-carved gully or channel

ar·se·nal noun [ORIGIN: ultim. fr. Ar dār ṣināa house of manufacture]

1 : a place for making and storing arms and military equipment

2 : STORE, REPERTORY

Synonyms

armory, depot, dump, magazine—more at ARMORY

ar·se·nic noun 1 : a solid brittle poisonous chemical element of grayish metallic luster

2 : a very poisonous oxygen compound of arsenic used in making insecticides

ar·son noun : the willful or malicious burning of property

— ar·son·ist noun

1art noun 1 : skill acquired by experience or study

2 : a branch of learning; especially : one of the humanities

3 : an occupation requiring knowledge or skill

4 : the use of skill and imagination in the production of things of beauty; also : works so produced

5 : ARTFULNESS

Synonyms

adeptness, adroitness, artfulness, artifice, artistry, cleverness, craft, cunning, deftness, masterfulness, skill—more at SKILL

2art abbreviation 1 article

2 artificial

3 artillery

ar·te·ri·al adjective 1 : of or relating to an artery; also : relating to or being the oxygenated blood found in most arteries

2 : of, relating to, or being a route for through traffic

ar·te·ri·ole noun : one of the small terminal branches of an artery that ends in capillaries

— ar·te·ri·o·lar adjective

ar·te·rio·scle·ro·sis noun : a chronic disease in which arterial walls are abnormally thickened and hardened

— ar·te·rio·scle·rot·ic adjective or noun

ar·tery noun, plural -ter·ies 1 : one of the tubular vessels that carry blood from the heart

2 : a main channel of transportation or communication

Synonyms

avenue, highway, road, route, thoroughfare, turnpike, way—more at WAY

ar·te·sian well noun : a well from which the water flows to the surface by natural pressure; also : a deep well

art·ful adjective 1 : performed with or showing art or skill

2 a : using or characterized by art and skill

b : adroit in attaining an end usu. by deceptive or indirect means : CRAFTY

— art·ful·ly adverb

Synonyms

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